A former Cuban diplomat who was expelled from Colombia dies in a traffic accident.

A high-ranking official of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) who is included in the list of regime enforcers died on Wednesday in a traffic accident.

Omar Rafael García Lazo, 44 years old with an extensive work history in service of the dictatorship, died "while returning to Havana after completing a work mission," as revealed by the PCC on its website.

Born in Sandino, in Pinar del Río, he was included years ago in the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba on its list of repressors, where he is described as violent and accused of making threats, defamation, inciting violence, and advising on acts of vandalism.

His name appears in the category of export repressors: those that Cuba sends abroad to organize repression in countries allied to the regime or subvert the order in democratic states, or diplomats who, in the eyes of the outside world, distort the Cuban reality.

Graduated in 2005 with a degree in Social Communication, García Lazo did his social service in the Ideological Department of the Central Committee. Within two years, he moved to the Department of International Relations, where he was promoted to an official position.

In 2017, he began his mission as the first secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Colombia, until in 2021 the government of Iván Duque declared him persona non grata and expelled him, after it was verified that he was carrying out "activities incompatible with those provided for in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations," without further explanations.

Cuba described the expulsion order as "unfounded" and "unfriendly," stating that it was an attempt by the Colombian government to divert attention from protests taking place in Panama at that time.

Once in Havana, the former diplomat resumed his duties as an official in his previous role at the Central Committee.

During his stay in Colombia, the now deceased official attacked the members of the San Isidro Movement with a Facebook post.

When it comes to Cuba and counterrevolution, never side with the losing team, as ridicule awaits you. If millions of dollars have not toppled a revolution, don't attempt it with 200. If the street belongs to the people, so does the neighborhood. Social media is not #Cuba, regardless of how many likes you have (check their origin so you don't get confused), wrote in November 2020.

"If your thing is pandemic and dollarized flu, choose: PCR or PNR," he added.